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44 Cards in this Set
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What were 4 things that Indians did to act more like white people?
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1.invited missionaries onto land/let them set up schools
2.formed own police force 3.set up court system 4.created a written language |
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What was considered the Great American Desert
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area west of the Mississippi (said indians could live there forever)
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In Johnson v McIntosh, the Federal Govt decides what?
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that they hold the ultimate title to all indian land (and not the states)
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In Cherokee v Georgia, what is decided?
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All native americans are considered DOMESTIC DEPENDANT NATIONS
(own nations but dependent on federal govt to uphold their rights) |
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In Worcester v Georgia, native americans are considered _ and _>
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Dependents and protectorates (have no rights/have the legal status of children)
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What are the first 2 tribes to be removed, and where were they moved to?
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Choctaw and Chickasaws, Oklahoma
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Who drew up the Indian Removal Bill of 1830 and what was his response when the Supreme Court said that he couldn't just move Indians off their land?
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Andrew Jackson, "let him try to enforce it"
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The Cherokee march to Oklahoma
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Trail of Tears
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What were 4 effects of the Reconstruction treaties?
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1. penalize tribes who aided the south
2. force more land concessions 3. former slaves must become tribe members or awarded indian land 4. those loyal to the north got no reward |
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What is the new federal policy after the civil war
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Breaking up reservations (Dawes Act 1887-intended to protect indian property from settlers, actually lost more land)
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What did the 1st Treaty of Ft. Larime include?
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White people could pass through NA land without being attacked and they would give NA supplies for 50 yrs
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What did the 1st reservation treaty in the west include?
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174 million acres went up for sale and NA were confined to reservations
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What did the Homestead act include?
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Anyone could claim acres, live there for 5 years, fence their land.. and it would be considered THEIRS
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What did the 2nd Treaty of Ft Lairme include?
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Indians could claim any abandoned federal property
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What changed when it came to treaty making?
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Now, only the president could make treaties (executive order)
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What came about from US v Kagama?
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The US Govt is legally the protector of Indians.
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How does the Govt define protection that came from the US v Kagama court case?
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By assimilating indians into the white population (used to be protecting them from white people on their lands)
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What were the 2 problematic concepts to allotment?
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Checkerboarding, Fractionalization
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What was checkerboarding?
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an allotment concept where acres were spread out all over the reservation and not necessarily near eachother
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What was fractionalization?
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an allotment concept where elders end up giving a very small amount of an acre to their children/grandchildren because that's all thats left. (some may end up with a couple of sq ft)
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What happened as a part of the Indian Citizenship Act?
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NA are now citizens of the US, including the state they live in (and their tribe of course)
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What happened to have the whites see the NA in a different light and the Indian Citizenship Act was later passed?
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NA volunteered to fight in WWI
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What did the Indian Reorganization Act of 1934 consist of?
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1. Stop all allotments
2. Tribes could get some money back to buy a little land they lost in the allotment process 3. Established a new model of tribal Got (tribes could be an IRA tribe |
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The Merriam Report revealed what mainly and what 4 things?
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*NA-poorest people in the US
1. When treaties were signed NA had to move and completely start over 2. NA hardly ever got rations/supplies 3. Farm on poor land w/ little support 4.Inadequate BIA admin |
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What happened immediately following the Merriam Report?
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Indian Reorganization Act 1934
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5 ways moving from the reservation was a big cultural shock?
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1. world full of automobiles
2. keeping track of time 3. electricity/telephones 4. language differences 5. homesickness |
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What was the pan indian movement?
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all kinds of indians joining together for poilitcal reasons (intertribal pow-pows, indian centers, join forces)
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what gave NA more voice and control over their situation? Which act?
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Indian Self Determination Act of 1975
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What did the Indian Claims Commission serve as? What did they do?
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If you were an indian tribe and felt like you got ripped off in terms of land you could file a claim and potentially get money
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Why did the Indian Claims Commission Act get formed?
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so the govt could get out of the indian business
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T or F: Termination meant that the Fed Govt was no longer a protectorate of the NA.
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TRUE
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2 ways to end the distinctions b/t NA and White People
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1. Liquor laws- NA can now drink
2. Fire Arms laws- NC can now own guns |
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most famous indian that served in WWII
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Ira Hayes
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2 parts to being an IRA tribe
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draw up constitution
elect council and tribal chair |
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Everyone who didn't vote to be an IRA tribe, there vote was counted as a ?
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YES
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First NA to win pulitzer prize
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M Scott Momaday (author- House made of dawn)
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2 problems with IRA
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no one asked for NA input
some tribes ended up with less power and control over their destinys (still need approval from BIA) |
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What was stated in the Indian Child Welfare Act
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indian child cannot be taken off a reservation (ex mormons) except by indian social services
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which tribe has the most indian land
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navajo 50 million acres
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what state has most indian land
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arizona
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what tribe has most members
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cherokee
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how many identified as having native american blood
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4mil
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what state has most indian people living in it
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oklahoma
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state with the smallest amount of indians
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Washington DC, then vermont
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